Celebrity Biographies
Lena Headey
A chameleonic actress, her career has skyrocketed after playing Cersei Lannister, one of the most hated characters on television, in “Game of Thrones.” Lena Headey is good at conspiring to achieve her goals.
Lena, the daughter of a British police officer, was born on October 3, 1973 in the Bermuda Islands, purely by chance, since her father was on duty in this protectorate. She lived there until she was five years old, when her family returned to the UK. She is not an actress by vocation, since she did not expect or dream of being one. Ella enrolled for entertainment in an amateur theater group, where she caught the eye of a talent scout.
He made his big screen debut alongside Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke in Stephen Gyllenhaal ‘s El País del agua (1992) . His career continued with roles in films such as Century , Ripple’s Game and Possession , What Remains of the Day , where he shared credits with Antonhy Hopkins, or The Secret of the Brothers Grimm , coinciding with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger.
Headey has accompanied great actors on the screen, giving life, above all, to characters with a strong character. Thanks to a character of these dimensions, fame came to him, Gorgo, Spartan queen, in 300 , by Zack Snyder. She furthered her popularity by playing Sarah Connor in the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles . Her filmography continued with Dredd , an action movie where she plays a feared drug dealer, or The Purge , where she once again met Ethan Hawke.
Lena’s star rose to the top in 2011 when she landed, thanks to her friend Peter Dinklage , the role of Queen Cersei Lannister in the Game of Thrones series . Thanks to the HBO series, Headey has been able to demonstrate the great potential that she has as an actress, leaving memorable scenes engraved in the viewer’s retina. During the filming of the series, she met Pedro Pascal, her partner.